Q: How to permanently erase data from iPhone without restoring?

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What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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See  Erase your device  Here  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137

Go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase all content and settings

I found the hard way that just because you wiped your iPhone's data doesn't mean that everything linking you to the phone has been removed. There are some apps that may still be linked based on your phone's unique hardware ID. I sold an old iPhone to a friend of mine and completely wiped my data using the method above, however, he informed me that my account was still linked as he was seeing all of the Pandora channels I had created. He said that the same was true for several other apps as well, to permanently erase iPhone data, you have to choose some professional iPhone data erase software.

Go to General than Reset than Erase all content and settings

Hamnlly111 - Have you have any luck in finding something to do this? I'm just starting my search for something like this as well. I know there are forensic tools out there to recover information from phones and would hate for someone with those tools and knowledge to end up with my phone and decide to see how much they can find on the previous owner and their contacts.

Hi Hamnlly111. Maybe AndMusic' method can not permanently erase data from iPhone. I know you wonder that some iPhone data recovery programs can restore the deleted data even you have erased the private data.

As I know, there are some iPhone data eraser software can probably erase data permanently, which can erase the iPhone data permanently without restoring by other data recovery software, nothing can be recoverable.

You can get more details at this tutorial:

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Before iOS 7 I NEVER searched internet for "how to do ... on iPhone ?". Now it's my third time when I cannot find a function to delete all messages on iPhone, that should be and was obvious in previous versions of iOS. To Erase iPhone Contacts, SMS and Photo Permanently,you must to use a iPhone data eraser software.

This use guide about how to deleted iPhone contacts, message:

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See this for more optons http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

Any professional recovery tool can retrieve those encrypted data easily. So, there is any effective way to permanently erase some unwanted data from your iPhone. The most secure way is using professional third-party software like , which is a reliable and effective tool to

> Permanently Wipe All Data and Settings from iPhone, iPad & iPod touch

> Erase Deleted Files: Pictures, Videos, Calls, SMS. Making Them Unrecoverable

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Before selling your old iPhone,the first thing your need to do is wipe all data on iPhone permanently.

I have ever use a useful iPhone data eraser tool,which is far superior from other similar products because it use military standards of data shredding. I would strongly recommend to anyone who is looking to

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Hi Wqlknow,

I was advised by Apple Support to erase all my data and restore my phone from an iCloud backup, but I am missing a lot of pictures. Can you recommend a professional recovery tool or professional third-party software to retrieve encrypted data? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I was advised by Apple Support to erase all my data and restore my phone from an iCloud backup, but I am missing a lot of pictures. Can you recommend a professional recovery tool or professional third-party software to retrieve encrypted data? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If you have iTunes backup, then you can easilky restore your photos from iTunes backup, if you didn't sync to your iTunes, I think your photos will be gone.

I've tried this and get to the 2nd passcode entry request (restrictions passcode) and can go no farther without that code. I didn't even use a code there so have no idea how to retrieve it.  Any suggestions from anybody?